The Immortal Clan was established starting with the entry on the Dao of the Gou.

The strength of a family is closely related to its financial resources.

The host works tirelessly, cultivating the land to earn a meager income to support his family.

[Gain 20 achievement points]

Name: Jiang Yun

Age: 21

[Talent: Immortal Bones]

[Entry: Perennial Sixth Place]

[Achievement: 40/100]

Hard work leads to wealth?

It would be a miracle if you could get rich by being a tenant farmer!

I'm afraid the landlord will suck all their blood dry.

Although I received unexpected achievement points.

But Jiang Yun still felt uneasy.

All the hard work in farming ultimately went to the landlords.

It's really upsetting and frustrating.

Jiang Yun felt extremely aggrieved.

But for now, we can only hold it in.

There is no way to change the current situation at this stage.

Since we can't change the status quo, we must strive to survive within these rules.

Once he has the power to overturn the rules, he will set all the rules.

……

"Next one!"

Zhao Xiao saw that the servants had already handed the silver to Jiang Yun, and the money and goods were settled.

With a wave of his hand, he ordered everyone to follow him to the next tenant farmer to harvest rice.

"well……"

Ling'er looked at the oxcart loaded with rice and let out a long sigh.

All this rice was earned through her husband's hard work in the fields.

Paying half of the harvest as rent would suffice.

The landlords also tried every means to stage fake battles, showing their insatiable greed!

Jiang Yun's eyes were sharp and piercing.

He then shook his head and went inside. "Come inside, it's sunny outside."

Ling'er followed her into the house and saw Jiang Yun go to the kitchen, move the water vat, and put the silver under the vat.

"Husband, have you ever practiced martial arts? You're so strong."

There is still half a tank of water in the water tank.

Jiang Yun moved the water vat without any apparent effort.

This surprised Ling'er greatly.

Recalling the night before, Jiang Yun snapped the wooden pestle in two with one hand.

Ling'er couldn't help but ask.

"There's nothing I can do, your husband is naturally strong."

Jiang Yun currently only possesses immortal bones and is a bit stronger.

He casually brushed off the question and changed the subject, saying, "The early rice harvest is less than ten taels of silver, so we must hurry up and plant the late rice."

Upon hearing this, Ling'er said gently, "Thank you for your hard work, my husband. Although I am pregnant, I can still help you with the farm work."

"Don't mention going to work in the fields again." Jiang Yun walked to Ling'er's side. "Leave it all to me."

"Husband," Ling'er reminded him, "you mustn't waste money anymore. Ling'er is in excellent health; I'll definitely have no problem having a baby."

Jiang Yun did not agree.

This isn't a question of whether or not one can have children.

Pregnant women need the most nutrition.

How could I let Ling'er eat brown rice and pickled vegetables with him every day?

"The landlords are inhuman," Jiang Yun suddenly said. "They only pay 850 wen for a shi of rice, but we have to pay one tael of silver for a shi of coarse rice and one tael and two mace for fine rice. We don't know how much we're losing, but the landlords are making a fortune."

The landlords did not allow their tenants to dispose of the rice themselves.

Besides charging half the rent, they forced the other half to be sold for 850 coins.

They collected all the rice from the tenant farmers' homes and husked it using highly efficient tools.

After hulling, both polished and brown rice can be sold to tenant farmers at a high price.

Tenant farmers had no choice; they couldn't go without food.

They could only use the money they earned from growing rice to buy the rice they grew themselves to make a living!

After all that, the money eventually flowed back into the landlord's pocket.

The landlords exploited them layer by layer.

The tenant farmers are losing a lot of money in the process.

In the history of Dayu, almost 90% of the landowners were rice merchants.

Landlords don't need to worry about not being able to sell their rice.

Besides stockpiling some.

Another portion can be sold to tenant farmers and farmers, or transported to the county town and sold to city dwellers.

In years of famine, the stored grain could be lent to farmers at exorbitant interest rates.

This is how many farmers' lands were seized by landlords.

Years of famine and disaster are when landlords seize land most fiercely.

Famine years result in no harvest, and years of disaster lead to a sharp reduction in yield.

The peasants had no grain, but the landlords had plenty.

With no food to eat, they had no choice but to buy it at high prices.

After the money ran out, they had no choice but to borrow grain.

Landlords borrowed grain or silver and then lent it out at exorbitant interest rates.

Self-cultivating farmers who cannot repay their debts are forced to use their land to pay off their debts.

In short, if one encounters a year of disaster...

Life was tough for both owner-cultivators and tenant farmers.

"Nine taels of silver is barely enough for the two of us for half a year," Ling'er said worriedly. "If we don't save now, we won't have enough money to raise the child after it's born."

In Qingshan Village.

An adult needs to spend about 700 coins per month, which is about 7 large coins, just to make ends meet.

All told, the average daily expense was 23 coins.

A day's expenses aren't enough for a single visit to Dr. Fang's house for a consultation.

Jiang Yun and Ling'er spend about one and a half taels of silver a month.

Over the course of a year, the two of them would need at least 18 taels of silver just to barely make ends meet.

Moreover, they ate mostly brown rice and pickled vegetables.

Eating refined rice and whole grains mixed together occasionally is considered a luxury.

"Save where you should, and don't save where you shouldn't." Jiang Yun took Ling'er's hand. "Don't worry, I will never let our child suffer."

"Then let me go down to the fields and help you with the work?"

Since Ling'er married Jiang Yun, Jiang Yun has never made him do a single day of farm work or heavy labor.

She just does some housework.

Over the past few months, Ling'er's skin, which had been tanned from farm work, has become increasingly fair.

She looks increasingly tempting.

If you dress up carefully.

She is definitely no less than the ladies from wealthy families in the city.

Why would a pregnant woman do farm work?

Jiang Yun refused without even thinking.

I was worried you'd get tired.

Ling'er not only felt sorry for the money, but also for Jiang Yun.

Jiang Yun manages twelve acres of land all by himself; even an ox would be exhausted from that.

She saw it all, and it pained her deeply.

So I always wanted to help Jiang Yun with farm work.

Little did they know that Jiang Yun possessed immortal bones, making farm work effortless for him.

……

After the early rice was bought up by the landlords at a low price, the tenant farmers in Qingshan Village began to rush to plant late rice.

Jiang Yun was no exception.

Under the scorching sun.

Jiang Yun worked diligently, reflecting on the hardships of being a tenant farmer.

"I really don't know how the common people in ancient times survived."

For so many years, I've lived a life of hardship almost every day.

Jiang Yun deeply understood the hardships of life for ordinary people at the bottom of society under feudal conditions.

Now that he has started a family, he has an added responsibility.

Previously, he was just trying to support himself.

Now I need to think about my family all the time, earn money to support my wife and the baby who is about to be born.

He was under increasing pressure.

"At the very least, I need to support my family first."

"If you can't even support your family, what are you talking about, becoming an immortal immortal?"

Jiang Yun roused herself.

They worked even harder.

As the future patriarch of the Jiang family, he must lay a solid foundation for his descendants.

To lay a solid foundation for future generations.

In the future, the family can gradually rise to prominence through the efforts of generation after generation.

One person's strength is ultimately limited.

Moreover, Jiang Yun's golden touch is to vigorously develop his family.

The more powerful and numerous the family members, the better.

However, Jiang Yun is currently just a tenant farmer.

He had not yet figured out a quick and safe way to get rich and escape his tenant farmer status.

"Cultivating immortality is difficult, starting a business is difficult too."